cleaning foam pads for PC

[screemingtp]

I have a bunch of PC pads that I would like to clean but what is the process to cleaning them. One way was for me to put it on the rotary and clean them off with a brush, while that seemed to take off the residual I would still get small specs of dust on the car when I use it to detail with my PC. What I am afraid of is that those little tiny dust balls are or may be creating little microscratches on the surface of the vehicle. What should I do? Any input would be greatly appricated

[Airborne Ranger]

Usually what I do is run my pads under water with the foam side up, then pour some Murphy's oil soap on there about the size of a coin dollar bill, smear it around, fold the pad in 1/2 like a taco scrub away. Then I rinse it off and repeat the process. I usually do it twice to ensure it's fully clean. Works for me,,,,,deadman98

[Mike Phillips]

Re: cleaning foam pads for PC

Originally posted by screemingtp
I have a bunch of PC pads that I would like to clean but what is the process to cleaning them. One way was for me to put it on the rotary and clean them off with a brush, while that seemed to take off the residual I would still get small specs of dust on the car when I use it to detail with my PC. What I am afraid of is that those little tiny dust balls are or may be creating little microscratches on the surface of the vehicle. What should I do? Any input would be greatly appreciated

Hi screemingtp,

I'm going to write a "How-To" article for this question with pictures because it is an often asked question and a lot of people have difficulty in cleaning their pads after use.

I'll try to do it today.

Until then, if you do a search using the search button and these words,

Foam Pad Clean

You should turn up some threads that will help you.

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums...der=descending

Mike

[jstarkey]

cleaning pads and cloths

Just interested in how to clean the pads so that i can reuse them...Mike i noticed you commented on that you will be creating a separate thread, when do you imagine this will be completed?

Thanks for the help,
Jason

[Mike Phillips]

Re: cleaning pads and cloths

Originally posted by jstarkey
Just interested in how to clean the pads so that i can reuse them...Mike i noticed you commented on that you will be creating a separate thread, when do you imagine this will be completed?

Thanks for the help,
Jason

Hopefully, maybe, this week. It involves taking pictures, formatting, writing and this and that...

It's 1:30pm already today, where does the time go...

I did re-work our forum rules because we had a member with two accounts. This member has now been banned.

Here's the forum rules,

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3079

Sometimes there are things going on behind the scenes that nobody sees but are very important. I've had some scheduling issues because of the hack attack a month or so ago that has put two clubs here on the same Saturday... Whoops! It's not directly my fault, but I get to deal with it.

And lots of e-mail and PM's flying around all of the time... but... I'm going to try to finish the PC pad cleaning tips this week.

Mike